ARE WE FREE YET?

Colonial powers made many victims in the past. These crimes have lingering consequences such as underdevelopment, inequality and national divides.
This table shows groups of colonial empires. Countries are arranged by the sum of their most frequent score in Civil Liberties and Political Rights
from 1995 till 2020. Scores go from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Furthermore the period of colonial rule is shown in bars.
Time under colonial rule is in red, while the total span of time as ruler is gray. The scales of the bars are different for each group.
The data on colonialism is incomplete and was manually searched and collected from Wikipedia.

The purpose of this table is not to place all the blame in Colonialism for the current tragedies in many countries,
rather it is to remeber us that many past colonies still are under shackles, while many past colonizers enjoy Freedom.

Freedom scores data: Freedom House and the United Nations by way of Arthur Cheib | Colonial rule data: Wikipedia | Table by: Ícaro Bernardes - @IcaroBSC

Past status Country Colonial Rule Continent Civil Liberties Political Rights
Oldest entry Newest entry Typical entry Oldest entry Newest entry Typical entry
Belgium and its victims
Colonizer
Belgium
Europe
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Burundi
Africa
7 6 5 6 7 7
Colonized
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa
6 6 6 7 7 6
Colonized
Rwanda
Africa
6 6 6 7 6 6
France and its victims
Colonizer
France
Europe
2 2 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Canada
Americas
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Benin
Africa
2 2 2 2 4 2
Colonized
Vanuatu
Oceania
3 2 2 1 2 2
Colonized
Mali
Africa
3 5 3 2 6 2
Colonized
Senegal
Africa
5 3 3 4 3 2
Colonized
Comoros
Africa
4 4 4 4 5 3
Colonized
Madagascar
Africa
4 4 4 2 3 3
Colonized
Niger
Africa
5 4 4 3 4 3
Colonized
Burkina Faso
Africa
4 4 3 5 4 5
Colonized
Morocco
Africa
5 5 4 5 5 5
Colonized
Central African Republic
Africa
4 7 5 3 7 5
Colonized
Côte d'Ivoire
Africa
5 4 4 6 5 6
Colonized
Djibouti
Africa
6 5 5 5 7 5
Colonized
Gabon
Africa
4 5 4 5 7 6
Colonized
Algeria
Africa
6 5 5 6 6 6
Colonized
Guinea
Africa
5 5 5 6 5 6
Colonized
Mauritania
Africa
6 5 5 6 5 6
Colonized
Tunisia
Africa
5 3 5 6 2 6
Colonized
Cambodia
Asia
6 5 5 6 7 6
Colonized
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa
6 6 6 7 7 6
Colonized
Viet Nam
Asia
7 6 5 7 7 7
Colonized
Chad
Africa
5 6 6 6 7 7
Colonized
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Asia
6 6 6 7 7 7
Germany and its victims
Colonizer
Germany
Europe
2 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Ghana
Africa
4 2 2 4 2 1
Colonized
Namibia
Africa
3 2 2 2 2 2
Colonized
Samoa
Oceania
2 2 2 2 2 2
Colonized
United Republic of Tanzania
Africa
5 5 3 5 5 4
Colonized
Togo
Africa
5 4 5 6 5 5
Colonized
Burundi
Africa
7 6 5 6 7 7
Colonized
Cameroon
Africa
5 6 6 7 6 6
Colonized
Rwanda
Africa
6 6 6 7 6 6
Italy and its victims
Colonizer
Italy
Europe
2 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Ethiopia
Africa
5 6 5 4 6 5
Colonized
Eritrea
Africa
4 7 7 6 7 7
Colonized
Libya
Africa
7 6 7 7 7 7
Colonized
Somalia
Africa
7 7 7 7 7 7
Netherlands and its victims
Colonizer
Netherlands
Europe
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
South Africa
Africa
2 2 2 1 2 2
Colonized
Suriname
Americas
3 2 2 3 2 2
Colonized
Indonesia
Asia
6 4 4 7 2 2
Portugal and its victims
Colonizer
Portugal
Europe
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Cabo Verde
Africa
2 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Ghana
Africa
4 2 2 4 2 1
Colonized
Sao Tome and Principe
Africa
2 2 2 1 2 2
Colonized
Brazil
Americas
4 3 2 2 2 2
Colonized
Timor-Leste
Asia
4 3 3 6 2 3
Colonized
Mozambique
Africa
4 4 4 3 5 3
Colonized
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
4 4 4 3 5 4
Colonized
Angola
Africa
6 5 5 6 6 6
Colonized
Oman
Asia
6 5 5 6 6 6
Turkey and its victims
Colonizer
Turkey
Asia
5 6 3 5 5 3
Colonized
Cyprus
Asia
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Greece
Europe
3 2 2 1 1 1
Colonized
Hungary
Europe
2 3 2 1 3 1
Colonized
Bulgaria
Europe
2 2 2 2 2 2
Colonized
Serbia
Europe
2 3 2 3 4 3
Colonized
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europe
6 4 3 6 4 4
Colonized
Algeria
Africa
6 5 5 6 6 6
Colonized
Egypt
Africa
6 6 5 6 6 6
Colonized
Tunisia
Africa
5 3 5 6 2 6
Colonized
Iraq
Asia
7 6 6 7 5 5
Colonized
Libya
Africa
7 6 7 7 7 7
Colonized
Saudi Arabia
Asia
7 7 7 7 7 7
Colonized
Syrian Arab Republic
Asia
7 7 7 7 7 7
UK and its victims
Colonizer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe
2 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Canada
Americas
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
United States of America
Americas
1 2 1 1 2 1
Colonized
Cyprus
Asia
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Ireland
Europe
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Malta
Europe
1 1 1 1 2 1
Colonized
Australia
Oceania
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
New Zealand
Oceania
1 1 1 1 1 1
Colonized
Ghana
Africa
4 2 2 4 2 1
Colonized
Belize
Americas
1 1 2 1 2 1
Colonized
Israel
Asia
3 3 2 1 2 1
Colonized
Botswana
Africa
2 2 2 2 3 2
Colonized
South Africa
Africa
2 2 2 1 2 2
Colonized
Vanuatu
Oceania
3 2 2 1 2 2
Colonized
Guyana
Americas
2 3 3 2 2 2
Colonized
Jamaica
Americas
3 2 3 2 2 2
Colonized
India
Asia
4 4 3 4 2 2
Colonized
Malawi
Africa
3 3 3 2 3 3
Colonized
Sierra Leone
Africa
6 3 3 7 3 3
Colonized
United Republic of Tanzania
Africa
5 5 3 5 5 4
Colonized
Zambia
Africa
4 4 4 3 4 3
Colonized
Nepal
Asia
4 4 4 3 3 3
Colonized
Gambia
Africa
6 4 4 7 4 4
Colonized
Kenya
Africa
6 4 4 7 4 4
Colonized
Nigeria
Africa
7 5 4 7 4 4
Colonized
Bangladesh
Asia
4 5 4 3 5 4
Colonized
Bhutan
Asia
7 4 5 7 2 3
Colonized
Malaysia
Asia
5 4 4 4 4 4
Colonized
Uganda
Africa
4 5 4 5 6 5
Colonized
Kuwait
Asia
5 5 5 5 5 4
Colonized
Pakistan
Asia
5 5 5 3 5 4
Colonized
Singapore
Asia
5 4 4 5 4 5
Colonized
Jordan
Asia
4 5 5 4 6 5
Colonized
Egypt
Africa
6 6 5 6 6 6
Colonized
Iraq
Asia
7 6 6 7 5 5
Colonized
Oman
Asia
6 5 5 6 6 6
Colonized
Qatar
Asia
6 5 5 7 6 6
Colonized
United Arab Emirates
Asia
5 6 5 6 7 6
Colonized
Yemen
Asia
6 6 6 5 7 5
Colonized
Zimbabwe
Africa
5 5 6 5 6 6
Colonized
Afghanistan
Asia
7 6 6 7 5 6
Colonized
Bahrain
Asia
6 6 6 6 7 7
Colonized
Somalia
Africa
7 7 7 7 7 7
Colonized
Sudan
Africa
7 6 7 7 7 7
Colonized
Myanmar
Asia
7 6 7 7 5 7